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[DeinonSlayer]

Maybe. The problem is if you're able to avoid the reapers without them finding you, similiar to Ilos, will you have enough supplies to last the entire invasion as well as live that long?

They must periodically re-scan planets they've finished with to see if survivors poke their heads up during the centuries before they retreat back to dark space. Otherwise Vigil could have woken up some of the nonessential staff and set them to work growing food after civilization on the rest of Ilos was wiped out. Make the population self-sufficient and start having babies. The Prothean species could have survived if given that chance.

[themikefest]

They must periodically re-scan planets they've finished with to see if survivors poke their heads up during the centuries before they retreat back to dark space. Otherwise Vigil could have woken up some of the nonessential staff and set them to work growing food after civilization on the rest of Ilos was wiped out. Make the population self-sufficient and start having babies. The Prothean species could have survived if given that chance.

I would like to know how  Vigil knew the reapers were gone .

[Hadeedak]

The Reapers would specifically target you guys to eliminate a possible safe-zone. Or they'd let you get a false sense of hope before harvesting you.

 

Well, they'd pretty much have to firebomb the whole railroad belt, which still wouldn't affect me (What's a road system?), since Alaska's pretty spread out. I'm assuming Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau and the other cities would be gone, but I'm not talking cities. If the Reapers landed tomorrow, I'd probably want to leave the village I'm currently living in, but with a population of less than 200 and a surrounding of hundreds of square miles, with a fair amount of hunting cabins that wouldn't show up on maps, hotsprings, and whatnot, I think I'd be in a better position than most of earth, until my skidoo ran out of gas.

 

It helps that the trout up here will literally bite on anything, including a spoon.

[themikefest]

Well, they'd pretty much have to firebomb the whole railroad belt, which still wouldn't affect me (What's a road system?), since Alaska's pretty spread out. I'm assuming Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau and the other cities would be gone, but I'm not talking cities. If the Reapers landed tomorrow, I'd probably want to leave the village I'm currently living in, but with a population of less than 200 and a surrounding of hundreds of square miles, with a fair amount of hunting cabins that wouldn't show up on maps, hotsprings, and whatnot, I think I'd be in a better position than most of earth, until my skidoo ran out of gas.

 

It helps that the trout up here will literally bite on anything, including a spoon.

Since we don't know the full capabilities of the reapers, I wouldn't be surprised if they have  thermal scanners to detect body heat.  They would be able to find you if they're looking in the right place.

[ImaginaryMatter]

Well, they'd pretty much have to firebomb the whole railroad belt, which still wouldn't affect me (What's a road system?), since Alaska's pretty spread out. I'm assuming Anchorage, Fairbanks, Juneau and the other cities would be gone, but I'm not talking cities. If the Reapers landed tomorrow, I'd probably want to leave the village I'm currently living in, but with a population of less than 200 and a surrounding of hundreds of square miles, with a fair amount of hunting cabins that wouldn't show up on maps, hotsprings, and whatnot, I think I'd be in a better position than most of earth, until my skidoo ran out of gas.

 

It helps that the trout up here will literally bite on anything, including a spoon.

 

That's pretty prime real estate in terms of surviving an apocalyptic event. I'm in LA so I'm probably going to be chasing after you as a husk.

[Hadeedak]

Good job, Reapers. You found bears.

 

That being said, it's all guesswork and fun. For one thing, in the spacefuture, humans will have different nifty technology and I have only a vague codex inherited idea of how the harvest actually works. Which was pretty much population centers, nukes, then spend years trying to find the stragglers.

 

Unless Alaska's gone crazy (more different crazy), I'm assuming in the future, we'll still be 90% people and their shotguns in random spots, and then Anchorage off shaking their head.

[Cainhurst Crow]

I wonder what would have happened to a species who tried to live out the reaper invasion by literally building a tunnel system underground, so deep it managed to create a zone within the mantle of the planet, with enough heat shileding to keep from ever having to worry about the heat around them, and power generators, food supplies, water, and a stable sized population to last at least a few centuries without the need to travel to the crust level at all? I'm wondering if they collapsed and sealed the way up if the reapers would be able to detect them, or additionally if they'd be able to actually get to them? And if not, what might happen to this group after hundreds of years of subterranial living has affect their biology and genetics?

[von uber]

Problem is with the 2m sea level rise (yeah right bioware, you want me to have even more issues with priority earth?) and 13 billion people there won't be much room left.

[fhs33721]

I wonder what would have happened to a species who tried to live out the reaper invasion by literally building a tunnel system underground, so deep it managed to create a zone within the mantle of the planet, with enough heat shileding to keep from ever having to worry about the heat around them, and power generators, food supplies, water, and a stable sized population to last at least a few centuries without the need to travel to the crust level at all? I'm wondering if they collapsed and sealed the way up if the reapers would be able to detect them, or additionally if they'd be able to actually get to them? And if not, what might happen to this group after hundreds of years of subterranial living has affect their biology and genetics?

They'd probably devolve into Morlocks and be no longer of interest to the Reapers.

 

Or more likely, husks will dig in eventually and slaughter everyone. If zombie movies have taught me one thing it is to avoid tunnels and similar narrow rooms.

[shodiswe]

They must periodically re-scan planets they've finished with to see if survivors poke their heads up during the centuries before they retreat back to dark space. Otherwise Vigil could have woken up some of the nonessential staff and set them to work growing food after civilization on the rest of Ilos was wiped out. Make the population self-sufficient and start having babies. The Prothean species could have survived if given that chance.

Ilos was never wiped out during the Proteans cycle, they hid all signs of their activity. The Cityplanet was a remnant from the previous civilisation that lived there in the Cycle before the Proteans.

The Reapers didn't have to cleanse an already dead planet unless they detected signs of squaters and graverobbers moving around among the ancient ruins.

It was keept secret because it's where the Proteans got their technology and only a select few scientists and supportstaff was ever stationed on the planet and it was never keept on any Citadel record meaning the Catalyst didn't know they had a scienceoutpost there researching the ruins.

[ImaginaryMatter]

I always assumed the Reapers only visited planets that data was obtained for from sacking the Citadel. Otherwise space is just way to big a place.

[Ruadh]

I'd like to think that the Reapers, having annihilated the immediate threats and taken control of the major population areas, they turn to the rest of the planet. Eventually they reach Scotland. 

 

Just like the Romans many years before, they send a legion of scouts, who are simply never heard from again. And any more attempts at invasion end in disaster. Cause Scotland.

 

OK, I embellish a bit, but in my deluded little mind, the Reapers are defeated because the Scots challenged them to a drinking contest. Or a 'who can eat the weirdest thing fried in batter' contest. Or a 'who can be the most passive aggressive' contest. There's more, but I'll stop.

 

Also, I embrace cultural stereotypes.

[von uber]

Also, I embrace cultural stereotypes.

 

In that case they will have gone extinct from the amount of deep fried food (deep fried pizza anyone?) they will have eaten.

Or have been too tight to pay for weapons and thus get massacred on day one.

[Hadeedak]

The last thing living in Alaska will be a Discovery Channel film crew. They migrated north and, like most invasive species, kept breeding and are impossible to wipe out.

 

They will be making a reality tv series about how the Reaper War is tougher in Alaska to the bitter end.

 

(Seriously, I'm trying to figure out how to file a statewide restraining order against reality TV).

[DeinonSlayer]

The last thing living in Alaska will be a Discovery Channel film crew. They migrated north and, like most invasive species, kept breeding and are impossible to wipe out.
 
They will be making a reality tv series about how the Reaper War is tougher in Alaska to the bitter end.
 
(Seriously, I'm trying to figure out how to file a statewide restraining order against reality TV).

Good luck with that - your own governor was infected for a time.

Will they come up and bite a spoon if dangled in front of them?

[Hadeedak]

As long as you yelled at them first, yeah.

[rekn2]

nukes themselves dont cause some make believe amount of radiation, thats hollywood. the real damage is the after effect...all that burning stuff sends toxins into the air. it would be a huge green house effect. it would be another mass extinction event like what happened to the dinosaurs. we filled a niche and now that niche is gone.

 

 

read up on the snow ball effect of the last ice age. this planet used to be teaming with life, every millimeter had life on it vying for space with other life. everything you see today is what was strong enough to adapt and survive. our planet had a lot more oxygen than it does today. it effected everything on a catastrophic level and our planet is still reeling from it.

[DeinonSlayer]

nukes themselves dont cause some make believe amount of radiation, thats hollywood. the real damage is the after effect...all that burning stuff sends toxins into the air. it would be a huge green house effect. it would be another mass extinction event like what happened to the dinosaurs. we filled a niche and now that niche is gone.

 

 

read up on the snow ball effect of the last ice age. this planet used to be teaming with life, every millimeter had life on it vying for space with other life. everything you see today is what was strong enough to adapt and survive. our planet had a lot more oxygen than it does today. it effected everything on a catastrophic level and our planet is still reeling from it.

It's been that way forever. There was once a time when the atmosphere was about 38% oxygen, dragonfly species existed which grew as long as your forearm, and ferns filled the niche filled by deciduous and coniferous trees today (and grew just as large). Nature does not stand still, or maintain the kind of equilibrium needed to guarantee the survival of any one species.

 

Natural selection may not hold sway over us to the degree it once did (most of our "predators" these days are microscopic), but as we've weakened we've used tech to compensate for the shortcomings which would normally be filtered out of the gene pool. Bad eyesight may doom an animal that needs to hunt to survive; the genes contributing to the condition wouldn't be passed to offspring. We, on the other hand, grind out some corrective lenses and plod over to McDonald's.

[Rusty Sandusky]

Nothing bad ever happens to Australia in works of fiction. No worries here, mate.

[Steelcan]

Nothing bad ever happens to Australia in works of fiction. No worries here, mate.

 

What on earth could they possibly add?

 

You already have hell on earth

[Zazzerka]

I'm thinking that Coober Pedy would survive the war. Small population that lives underground in the middle of the desert. The pub would probably have enough peanuts to survive until the next cycle.

[Steelcan]

Wonder if the reapers would bother checking the bayous or would just leave them alone, I mean the inhabitants are hardly on a tech level that demands a harvest

[Zazzerka]

"Hillbillies.. you are considered.. too primitive."

[Steelcan]

"Hillbillies.. you are considered.. too primitive."

Hillbillies live in the mountains, not the bayous

[Zazzerka]

Well, what's your word for them? Is there a word? You get my meaning.